Research

My research examines the intersections of American constitutional history, theory, and institutional development. From the foundational evolution of judicial review to the modern challenges of academic freedom and presidential authority, my work explores how constitutional meaning is constructed and maintained through the complex interplay of law, politics, and historical practice.

Academic Freedom & Free Speech

You Can't Teach That!

Polity, 2024

Speak Freely

Princeton University Press, 2018

• Diversity Statements, Academic Freedom, and the First Amendment Nebraska Law Review (2025) External Link →
• The Value of Institutional Neutrality for Free Inquiry First Amendment Law Review (2024) Read Article →
• What Can Professors Say in Public? Extramural Speech and the First Amendment Case Western Reserve Law Review (2023) External Link →
• Academic Freedom and the Mission of the University Houston Law Review (2022) External Link →
• The Value of Ideological Diversity Among University Faculty Social Philosophy and Policy (2021) Read Article →
• Free Speech and the Diverse University Fordham Law Review (2019) External Link →

Empirical & Historical Research

Repugnant Laws

University Press of Kansas, 2019

Political Foundations of Judicial Supremacy

Princeton University Press, 2007

Constitutional Construction

Harvard University Press, 1999

• Partisanship, Norms, and Federal Judicial Appointments Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy (2018) External Link →
• The Myth of the Nondelegation Doctrine   with Jason Iuliano University of Pennsylvania Law Review (2017) External Link →
• Marbury and the Construction of the Constitutional Canon   with Amanda Rinderle Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly (2012) External Link →
• "Interpose Your Friendly Hand": Political Supports for the Exercise of Judicial Review American Political Science Review (2005) External Link →
• Executive Power in American Institutional Development   with Daniel P. Carpenter Perspectives on Politics (2003) External Link →
• Legislative Sanctions and the Strategic Environment of Judicial Review I-CON (2003) External Link →
• Taking What They Give Us: Explaining the Court's Federalism Offensive Duke Law Journal (2001) External Link →

Normative & Theoretical Research

The Impeachment Power

Princeton University Press, 2024

Constitutional Interpretation

University Press of Kansas, 1999

• Originalism, Constitutional Construction, and the Problem of Faithless Electors Arizona Law Review (2017) External Link →
• The Status of Unwritten Constitutional Conventions in the United States University of Illinois Law Review (2013) External Link →
• Originalism: A Critical Introduction Fordham Law Review (2013) External Link →
• The New Originalism Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy (2004) Read Article →
• Extrajudicial Constitutional Interpretation: Three Objections and Responses North Carolina Law Review (2002) External Link →
• Yet Another Constitutional Crisis? William and Mary Law Review (2002) External Link →